Books are defensive, not offensive (unless you're the puzzled adult trying to make the kid with the book interact). — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment. — Allen Klein Copy Share Image
I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad,… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
Frequently parents forget that children are people. I don't try to treat Kristen as an adult, but I do try to treat… — Kent McCord Copy Share Image
What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The unit of every country is the family and the strength of the country is based on the smiles of the children… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I think the audience is truly all ages: I don't put anything in there that kids can't see, or shouldn't see, but… — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
In our family, at this point,[Sunday School] its not a choice for my kids. It's a duty for us as parents to… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased… — Philippe Aries Copy Share Image
X-Men is not a story about superheroes, but a story about the ongoing revolutionary struggle between good/new and bad/old. The X-Men are… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Even when all the paperwork-a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns-clearly indicates you're an… — Kelly Corrigan Copy Share Image
I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
It's the same challenge as with any other character, adults or not. You want to take time with the kids. You want… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
I remember thinking that people were crazy for reading the same book more than once, but I now have a new-found appreciation… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
“As one 1935 study put it, boys and girls who were 15 or 16 in 1929 when the Depression began are no… — Robert A. Caro Copy Share Image
To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
People don't want children to know what they need to know. They want their kids to know what they ought to need… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Personal change, growth, development, identity formation--these tasks that once were thought to belong to childhood and adolescence alone now are recognized as… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
“The “non-profit” institution neither supplies goods or services nor controls. Its “product” is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was a scary decision to let cameras into my life, but if I was going to do it, I just wanted… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
It's a great place to be at 36 because you're an adult and you're responsible for how you impact other people, the… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have… — Janette Rallison Copy Share Image
When you're a student and you just want some money to feel like you're an adult, you'll pretty much do anything within… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
What's great about games in particular is that it's a socially acceptable way for adults to imagine. — Kim Swift Copy Share Image
Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“I think it goes without saying that adults on a dating website have a passion for a physical relationship.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our 'education'. No wonder we know so little about making… — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
A shelf of classics for our young adults: Tolkien, Hesse, Casteneda, Kerouac, Salinger, Tom Robbins, and _The Last Whole Earth Catalog_. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me.… — Paula Creamer Copy Share Image
Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I've had some success making films about aliens, so this… — Barry Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
I always listen, I ask children, I even ask adults in tennis, "What are your children playing?" And most of the time… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
I was convinced that adults would realize more what they are capable of doing if it's shown through children's eyes. — Roselyne Bosch Copy Share Image
Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults. — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
Thank you 'adults who wear back packs' for letting me know that I don't have to take you seriously — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself. — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
A child is an adult temporarily enduring conditions which exclude the possibility of happiness. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
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